Section 7554 Of Chapter 6. Miscellaneous Provisions From California Penal Code >> Title 8. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) The purpose of this section is to establish the extent of
peace officers' occupational exposure for HIV infection.
(b) The correctional, custodial, or law enforcement agency to
which this title applies or the chief medical officer of a
correctional, custodial, or law enforcement agency to which this
title applies shall report each reportable incident involving a law
enforcement employee under this title together with the disposition
of each case to the State Department of Health Services.
The report shall include all of the following: the assignment of
the law enforcement employee; the type of incident; the type of
injury sustained; the treatment rendered to the injured employee;
citations to criminal laws which were allegedly violated; and the
identity of the employing agency. Under no circumstances shall the
identity of the law enforcement employee or the source person be
transmitted by the local law enforcement agency or the chief medical
officer of the local agency to the State Department of Health
Services.
(c) The State Department of Health Services shall release the
data, upon written request, to any law enforcement agency or to any
bona fide, nonprofit law enforcement research body primarily
concerned with peace officer health issues, provided that the
identity of any law enforcement employee, any person who is the
subject of a report, or any tested person under this title shall
remain anonymous. Any unauthorized release of information leading to
the identity of a person whose identity is protected under this
section shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(d) For purposes of this section, a "reportable incident" means an
incident described in subdivision (a) of Section 7510. A "source
person" means a person whose bodily fluids are believed to have
contacted the bodily fluids of a law enforcement employee as
described in subdivision (a) of Section 7510.